Event Date: 2020-02-18 19:00:00
Cost: $30-$70
WISHBONE ASH: TWIN-LEAD GUITAR PIONEERS STILL ROCKIN'The classic rock bands of the late 60s and early 70s enjoy a unique place in popular musical history. The Beatles had gone their separate ways, Britain had already experienced the Blues Boom, and Psychedelia had made its impact. The creative possibilities were infinite.Wishbone Ash embarked on the nascent Progressive Rock scene in 1969, taking full advantage of a fertile musical environment where they produced a distinctive brand of melodic rock. Inspired equally by British folk traditions and American jazz and R&B, the group played to public and critical acclaim.More than 45 years later, having pioneered the use of twin lead guitars, Wishbone Ash has gained worldwide recognition, based firmly on a regime of relentless touring.The band includes founding member Andy Powell, who handles lead vocals and trades licks with Yorkshire's Mark Abrahams. Bassist Bob Skeat, a 20-year veteran of the band, keeps the bottom rocking with Joe Crabtree, one of the best of Britains new breed of drummers whose performance credits include Pendragon and David Cross of King Crimson.Wishbone Ash, the quintessential road band, is an acknowledged influence on many other bands including Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden. Power and melody have made the Ash a hard act to follow, while they are currently being discovered by new generations of loyal rock fans.An exceptional recording and touring career has seen Wishbone Ash weather manychanges in record labels, personnel and musical trends. Today, the band is still going strong, with most of their vast catalog intact on CD, an award-winning website and a date sheet the envy of many other bands.Recording highlights are, of course, the multi-million selling 1972 album Argus, considered to be one of the all-time classic rock albums, together with Pilgrimage (1971) and New England (1976). More recently, The Power of Eternity (2007), Elegant Stealth (2011) and Blue Horizon (2014) garnered enthusiastic praise.The band's biggest seller, Live Dates (1973), is one of the highly rated live albums of the 1970s.There is the inevitable box set titled Distillation (1993) and also the unplugged album, Bare Bones (1999), which shows the softer side of the band. In 2008, at the invitation of XM Satellite Radio in the USA, Wishbone Ash produced a fresh, live recorded performance of the Argus classic, in front of a small invited studio audience. The resulting CD, Then AgainNow, includes bonus tracks like Way of the World.In 2009, the band celebrated its 40th anniversary with a show at Londons Shepherds BushEmpire Theatre, which is available on DVD. Also on DVD is a behind-the-scenes rockumentary, This Is Wishbone Ash (2010), detailing the recording process of Elegant Stealth interspersed with concert footage.With 24 studio releases, 11 live albums and five live DVDs to date, Wishbone Ash continues to prove they are not a band to rest on their laurels.An ongoing series of releases entitled Roadworks captures the excitement and energy of a live Wishbone Ash performance.In May 2015, the band embarked on two live recording projects: a direct-to-vinyl performance at renowned Metropolis Studios complex in London; and a three-day residency at Le Triton Theatre in Les Lilas, Paris that was recorded for a DVD release in October 2015.Also in 2015, Andy Powell released his musical memoir, Eyes Wide Open: True Tales of a Wishbone Ash Warrior (co-written with Colin Harper, Jawbone Press). With a Foreword by Scottish novelist Ian Rankin (best known for his Inspector Rebus crime series), Eyes Wide Open offers an inside track of five decades of life on the road and in the studio.The latest musical project is Wishbone Ash: The Vintage Years (Snapper Music), a 32-CD deluxe box set spanning the years 1969 to 1991, featuring a coffee table book, posters, floppy discs, rare photos and more, with release planned in late 2017.For the latest news and tour dates, visit www.wishboneash.com and www.andypowellmusic.com . Follow the band on Facebook @wishbone.ash.official and Twitter @wishboneash_com
Address:
Vinyl Music Hall
2 South Palafox Street
32502 Pensacola
United States
Performer Bio:
Rock and Roll
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